Edge of Sports Radio

Welcome to the Edge of Sports Radio with Dave Zirin, where sports and politics collide. Edge of Sports Radio is broadcast on XM Channel 167 Saturday at 12 noon/9 am PT and is repeated Sunday at 2 pm/11 am PT. Contact edgeofsports@gmail.com if you have any questions.

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Episodes:

07/12/08 - On Episode 21, we take the dog days of summer and make 'em bark. We speak to "the voice of Morgan State University" Lamont Germany. We speak with the former public relations director of the Yankees Marty Appel. And we ALMOST interview Mike Tillery from the Starting Five website but INSTEAD we talk to Spring SUPER, make-up artist to the athletes.

Episode 21 -- Segment 1 - We open the show with the "the voice of Morgan State University" Lamont Germany.
Episode 21 -- Segment 2 - We talk to the man who handled public relations during the time when the New York Yankees were known as the Bronx Zoo and the Bronx was burning: Marty APPEL.
Episode 21 -- Segment 3 - We end the show talking to Spring SUPER and also we continue our segment JEREMIAH INTERVIEWS DAVE.

07/05/08 - EPISODE 20: On this July 4th Independence Day, we declare independence from sports radio as usual. This is aspecial week where we take part in an extended interview with NBA vet Kermit Washington and talk about his organization Project Contact Africa. We also speak to DK Wilson of Sports on My Mind. Over all a stellar show number 20. I just can't believe they let us do 19.

Episode 20 - Segment 1 - Edge of Sports Radio host Dave Zirin is joined by Damian Smith and Jeremiah Tittle to discuss the week's events in which sports and politics collide.
Episode 20 - Segment 2 - Former NBA All-Star and current difference-maker explains how easy it is to give to those in need. Join Kermit at Project Contact Africa by clicking here.
Episode 20 - Segment 3 - Sports On My Mind's DK Wilson recaps the sports stories of the month of June. Jeremiah Tittle returns with another edition of What the World is Watching!

06/28/08 - EPISODE 19: On Episode 19, we are mowing down MCs like we're mowing the lawn. We speak with recently suspended ESPN.com columnist Jemele HILL and we talk to MCA himself, Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys about his new hoops documentary, Gunnin' for that Number 1 Spot. And we inaugurate a new segment: JEREMIAH INTERVIEWS DAVE.

Episode 19 - Segment 1 - We open the show with Jeremiah Tittle and AriB talking about the fall and fall of Don IMUS.
Episode 19 - Segment 2 - We talk with the inimitable Jemele Hill, OUR FIRST RETURN GUEST and we talk about her suspension from ESPN.
Episode 19 - Segment 3 - We end the show passing the MIC TO YAUCH! And we talk about our new segment: JEREMIAH INTERVIEWS DAVE.

06/21/08 - EPISODE 18: This was a wild week. We speak to Ralph NADER about the NBA referee controversies and his sports campaign leagueoffans.org. We also talk to SLAM Magazine's Major Blood, Lang WHITAKER about the Lakers' spectacular collapse in the finals.

Episode 18 - Segment 1 - To open this edition of Edge of Sports Radio, Dave Zirin welcomes Jeremiah Tittle and Ari Bykofsky to discuss the featured guest Ralph Nader, the death of Tim Russert, and writer Jimele Hill's indefinite suspension from ESPN.
Episode 18 - Segment 2 - Presidential candidate Ralph Nader talks about his love of sports as a young man, his belief that teams should be owned by the fans, and his claim in 2001, that the Kings/Lakers playoff series was fixed by the officials. For more information about the consumer advocate's presidential run, visit www.VoteNader.org.
Episode 18 - Segment 3 - Edge of Sports Radio host Dave Zirin talks about the NBA Finals and Barack Obama with SLAM Magazine writer Lang Whitaker.

06/14/08 - EPISODE 17: We plumb the depths of our own sports and youth trauma (it's funny, I promise). We speak with ESPN the Magazine Senior writer Tom FARREY about his new book Game On that deals with the past, present and future of the way children are used and abused by the world of sports. We also speak with SLAM Magazine War Chief Ben OSBORNE about the Donaghy scandal and the NBA finals.

Episode 17 - Segment 1 - We speak with regulars Jay ROUSE, Damian SMITH and Jeremiah TITTLE about the heights and lows of youth sports
Episode 17 - Segment 2 - We speak with Tom FARREY, the expert on the history of youth sports.
Episode 17 - Segment 3 - We end the show with Ben OSBORNE with the good news and bad news in the NBA.

06/08/08 - EPISODE 16: This week we have PART II of our interview with NBA Union leaderBilly Hunter. Fascinating man, fascinating interview. We also talk to someone I think is absolutely one of the sharpest knives in the box: Dr. Grant Farred, author of Phantom Calls: Race and the Globalization of the NBA. And we also hear What the World is Watching with Jeremiah Tittle.

Episode 16 - Segment 1 - We talk with Ari B, the War Chief of XM about
Episode 16 - Segment 2 - We continue with part II of our interview with
Episode 16 - Segment 3 - We finish the show speaking with Dr. Grant Farred, one of the sharpest authors and thinkers about this wacky collision of sports and politics. And we hear What the World is Watching with Jeremiah Tittle.

06/01/08 - EPISODE 15: This week we really knocked it out. We speak with Delaney Williams who played Sgt. Jay Landsman on the Wire. We also have part I of our interview with NBA Players Association leader Billy Hunter. And lastly, we speak with D-Wil, DK Wilson about the month of May, and a young man named OJ Mayo.

Episode 15 - Segment 1 - We open the show speaking to the great actor and Wire alum, Delaney Williams.
Episode 15 - Segment 2 - We undertake part I of our interview with Billy Hunter.
Episode 15 - Segment 3 - We finish the show speaking with Sports on my Mind's own D-Wil: DK Wilson.

05/24/08 - EPISODE 14: This week we speak at great length with Mary Tillman, mother of former NFL player and tragic casualty of war and cover up, Pat Tillman. She has written a new book called Boots on the Ground by Dusk: My Tribute to Pat Tillman.

Episode 14 - Segment 1 - Opening up the discussion with Jeremiah Tittle on Pat Tillman and a dramatic reading of After Pat's Birthday by Kevin Tillman (read by Michael Goodfriend.)
Episode 14 - Segment 2 - We interview Mary Tillman. She is an absolutely remarkable woman. This needs to be heard.
Episode 14 - Segment 3 - We speak with Rus Bradburd, we hear about Jeremiah's recent trip to Walter Reed hospital, and we inaugurate INSTANT FEEDBACK with Nancy Rodriguez

05/17/08 - EPISODE 13: This week we discuss the ins and outs of Barry Bonds from every possible angle.

Episode 13 - Segment 1 - Opening up the discussion on Barry Bonds as he makes headlines for being indicted and accusing baseball ownership of collusion. Ari Bykofsky & Jeremiah Tittle assist with the discussion
Episode 13 - Segment 2 - ESPN.com columnist and author of Love Me, Hate me: Barry Bonds and the Making of an Anti-Hero, Jeff Pearlman, joins Dave Zirin to contribute his viewpoint siding against Bonds's case for collusion.
Episode 13 - Segment 3 - Andrea Lewis and Larry Salomon and the debut of WWW!

05/10/08 - EPISODE 12: we speak with Chicago's ace sports columnist Scoop Jackson, Sports on My Mind's DK Wilson, and Fastbreak Radio's Hanif Omar.

Episode 12 - Segment 1 - OPENER where we enter the Lion's Den with Ari B
Episode 12 - Segment 2 - We speak with CHICAGO's OWN: ESPN's Scoop Jackson
Episode 12 - Segment 3 - We end the show this week speaking with Sports on My Minds DK Wilson (with his monthly segment) and Fastbreak Radio's Hanif Omar

05/03/08 - EPISODE 11: We have a newsbreaker! This week on Edge of Sports Radio we talk to Will Leitch, the founder of Deadspin.com about his blogosphere vs. "respectable sports writing" blow up with Buzz Bissinger on Costas Now. We also speak with

Episode 11 - Segment 1 - Host Chat with Dave Zirin with Jay Rouse & Ari Bykofsky. We lay out what actually went down on Costas Now
Episode 11 - Segment 2 - Will Leitch, Defender of the Blogosphere?!?!
Episode 11 - Segment 3 - Dr. Walter Beach III Part 2

04/26/08 - EPISODE 10: This week we speak with former Cleveland Brown and athlete activist Dr. Walter Beach III. We also talk with Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts -- who is about as funny and sharp as they come.

Episode 10 - Segment 1 - During the opening segment of this week's installment of Edge of Sports Radio, we talk about the issue of young children and sports
Episode 10 - Segment 2 - We speak with athlete/activist and Jim Brown confidante Walter Beach III
Episode 10 - Segment 3 - We speak on the state of sports writing with Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts

04/18/08 - EPISODE 9: A special show. We have live in studio music by Head-Roc, we talk to AOL Sports and ESPN commentator Kevin Blackistone about the way Major League Baseball disrespects the memory of Jackie Robinson

Episode 09 - Segment 1 - Head ROC
Episode 09 - Segment 2 - Kevin BLACKISTONE
Episode 09 - Segment 3 - Ask a Sports Sociologist with Adrian BURGOS

04/12/08 - EPISODE 8: Today we made radio history. We have a live on air performance from hip-hop artist Son of Nun. We interview former NFL player and NFLPA union leader Dave Megyessy, and we continue our segment Ask a Sports Sociologist with Dr. Mary Jo Kane. AND THROUGHOUT THE SHOW, we chart the possible on-air birth of my child.

Episode 08 - Segment 1 - PREGNANT with Expectation and hip hop artist SON OF NUN
Episode 08 - Segment 2 - Interview with former NFL player Dave Meggyesy
Episode 08 - Segment 3 - Ask a Sports Sociologist with Dr. Mary Jo Kane and our closing

04/05/08 - EPISODE 7: Omar. From the Wire. This week we talked with Michael K. Williams on Edge of Sports Radio. We also spoke with Sports on My Mind independent sports writer D.K. Wilson. We were in addition joined by Damian Smith to discuss the new DC stadium boondoggle. And we continued our segment Ask a Sports Sociologist, with Dr. Mary Jo Kane who takes on the question of using "sex" to sell women's sports.

Episode 07 - Segment 1 - Host chat with Damian Smith
Episode 07 - Segment 2 - Interview with Michael K. Williams from the Wire
Episode 07 - Segment 3 - Interview DK Wilson & Ask a Sports Sociologist!

03/29/08 - EPISODE 6: Now this was fun. Jeremiah, me, and Michi B, read some listeners email to further the discussion of Mt. SPORTmore. We also spoke with two first tier athletic rebels: NFL player and the author of The Slave Side of Sunday, Anthony Prior as well as Toni Smith, the basketball player who turned her back to the flag in 2003 in protest to the Iraq war... and more. We also continue our segment, Ask a Sports Sociologist, with 1968 Olympic expert Dr. Doug Hartmann

Episode 06 - Segment 1 - Opening commentary on Mt. Sportmore
Episode 06 - Segment 2 - Interview with former rebel college hoopster Toni Smith
Episode 06 - Segment 3 - Interview with former NFL player and author Anthony Prior and Ask a Sports Sociologist with Dr. Doug Hartmann

03/22/08 - EPISODE 5: As badass an hour as you will find on sports radio. We talked about the China/Tibet/Olympics hypocrisy horror show with political commentator Jay ROUSE. Jay rode shotgun throughout the show as we spoke with former NFL player Courtney Van Buren. We also spoke with Emira Woods from Foreign Policy in Focus about her beef with the NFL, we entered the Lion's Den with Ari B, and we inaugurated a new segment, Ask a Sports Sociologist. This week, the sociologist on the hot seat was Dr. Ben Carrington.

Episode 05 - Segment 1 - Opening commentary on China and Tibet with Jay ROUSE
Episode 05 - Segment 2 - Interview with former NFL Player Courtney VAN BUREN
Episode 05 - Segment 3 - Interview with Emira WOODS, in the Lion's Den with Ari B, and Ask a Sports Sociologist with Dr. Ben CARRINGTON

03/15/08 - EPISODE 4: Just a terrific show. Featuring a discussion of who would be on Mount SPORTmore, interviews with the Wire's Seth GILLIAM, and Washington Post sports columnist Sally JENKINS.

Episode 04 - Segment 1 - Opening commentary with Jeremiah T. and Damian SMITH
Episode 04 - Segment 2 - Interview with the Wire's Seth GILLIAM
Episode 04 - Segment 3 - Interview with Washington Post's Sally JENKINS

03/08/08 - EPISODE 3: Featuring interviews with Rolling Stone journalist, and former Red Army baseball player, Matt TAIBBI, former New York Yankee and author of Ball Four Jim BOUTON, and the Lion's Den with XM Sports Nation War Chief, Ary B.

Episode 03 - Segment 1 - Opening commentary on the retirement Brett FAVRE
Episode 03 - Segment 2 - Interview with Matt TAIBBI
Episode 03 - Segment 3 - Interview with Jim BOUTON and Ari B.

03/01/08 - EPISODE 2: Featuring interviews with Washington Wizards center Etan THOMAS, ESPN's Jemele HILL, and the Lion's Den with XM Sports Nation War Chief, Ary BYKOFSKY.

Episode 02 - Segment 1 - Opener and Jemele HILL
Episode 02 - Segment 2 - Interview with Etan THOMAS
Episode 02 - Segment 3 - Ari BYKOFSKY

02/26/08 - EPISODE 1: Featuring 1968 Olympian Dr. John CARLOS, New Orleans Saints linebacker Scott FUJITA, and the Lion's Den with XM Sports Nation Grand Puba, Ary BYKOFSKY.

Episode 01 - Segment 1 - Opener
Episode 01 - Segment 2 - Interview with Dr. John Carlos
Episode 01 - Segment 3 - Interview with Scott Fujita and commentary from Ari Bykofsky